Capital punishment in Georgia (country)

Capital punishment in Georgia was completely abolished on 1 May 2000 when the country signed Protocol 6 to the ECHR. Later Georgia also adopted the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR. Capital punishment was replaced with life imprisonment.

The last person executed in Georgia was in 1995, having been convicted for murder. The person was executed by a single shot to the back of the head.^[1]